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Recreation presents FY26 revolving and BD enterprise drafts; UV system and savings highlighted
Summary
The Recreation Department presented FY26 draft revolving and Beede/Beatty (BD) enterprise budgets, including goals to increase program fill rates, offer $30,000 in financial assistance, and install a UV system in the BD lap pool to reduce water and sewer costs.
The Concord Recreation Department presented high-level FY26 draft budgets for its revolving fund (programs and outdoor facilities) and the BD enterprise fund (Beatty/BD facility) and described program and capital priorities for the coming year.
Recreation Director Lee Jackson reviewed FY25 accomplishments — staff training, strategic and capital planning, and new camps — and summarized FY26 goals for the revolving fund: raise fill rates by 10% by June 30, 2026, create a formal financial sustainability model, and provide at least $30,000 in financial-assistance support by mid-2026. Jackson said the revolving fund is presented as a zero-balance budget for the town process but that retained earnings exist and are planned for capital work.
For the BD enterprise fund (the fitness and pool facility), director-level staff reported installing a UV disinfection system for the lap pool as an FY25 accomplishment and said it is expected to reduce water consumption and lower water/sewer costs. The team reported zero pool closures in FY25 for water-quality reasons and said they had onboarded new swim staff, added member programming, and established a Friends group that plans to fund dive-platform replacements.
The BD enterprise draft shows an approximate 6% revenue increase proposed for FY26, driven in part by membership adjustments and added lessons; the department said it had modeled revenue and expense changes and planned capital replacements for fitness equipment and structural items such as the roof. Staff said retained earnings for BD are held for capital (roughly $2 million, noted as a planning figure during the meeting) and that the BD budget must remain sustainable to cover equipment depreciation and building needs.
Commissioners asked for additional emphasis in the Fincom presentation on the department's work with Public Works (CPW) to set a funding transfer formula for field maintenance and on the department's recently completed five-year capital plan and strategic plan. Director Jackson said she intends to present both the revolving and enterprise budgets at the Finance Committee public hearing on May 1 and requested commission members attend if they wished to show support.
On sustainability, staff asked for permission to highlight the BD UV project and other resource savings to the town sustainability committee once final figures are verified.
